Ice-sawing machine.



B. B. PHILLIPS & M. GIFFORD.

ICE SAWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.30. I9I7- 3 SHEETSHEEI l.

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B. B. PHILLIPS 6L IVI. GIFFORD.

ICE SAWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-30. I9-l7.

Patented Jan. 21, 1919.

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ATTOR N EY B. B. PHILLIPS & IVI. GFFORD.

Ici' sAwlNG MACHINE.

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V`@NTT STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

`BYRON' B. PHILLIPS AN'D MALCOLM GIFFORD, OF HUDSON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO GIFFORD-WOOD COMPANY, 0F HUDSON, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ICE-SAWING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1919.

Application filed August 30, 1917. Serial No. 188,965.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, BYRON B. PHILLIP and MALCOLM GIFFORD, citizens of the United States, residing at Hudson, in the county of Columbia rand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Ice-sawing Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to ice sawing machines of the kind shown and de-- scribed in our prior application No. 178,452, for ice sawing machine, filed Julyl 3, 1917.

The object of the invention is to provide a simplified construction over that shown in the aforesaid application, both types of ice sawing machines being of the kind known as one-man movable or traveling machines, because they are capable of operatingunder the guidance of a single man, who travels in front of the machine and draws it along, being assisted by the revolution of the saw.

The invention comprises a sled on which there is mounted a frame for supporting a motor, either of the explosion or electric type, and a saw, or saws, for cutting the ice. Mounted on the sled are guides whereby the sled, and with it the parts carried thereby, may be directed by a previously cut groove in the ice.

In order to greatly simplify the structure both in construction and operation, the motor frame with the parts carried thereby is pivotally mounted at the center of gravity as measured between the ends of the structure so that the saw may be raised and lowered, and the parts pivotally carried by the sled will automatically maintain the position to which they may be adjusted without the necessity of special fastening devices.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following de tailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, with the further understanding that, while the drawings show a practical form Vof the invention, the latter 1s, not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications come within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ice sawing machine embodying the invention, and employing an explosion engine as a power unit;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1, with some parts broken away;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a portion of the machine of Fig. 1, but having an electric motor as the prime mover;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the structure shown in Figs. 5 and 6, but omitting certain parts.

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional View on an enlarged scale showing the connection between the runners, the drop bar and the ily Y wheel casing.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal sectional view showing the connection between the Hy wheel casing, the tube which inclosed the transmission shaft, and the rear end of the sled frame.

Referring to the drawings and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 4, there is shown a sled made up of runners 1 secured together and spaced apart at the rear endby a bar 2 which may be of channel steel or other suitable form of structural material reinforced by braces 3 connected to the bar 2 and to the sled runners 1, so that the parts are sub*l stantially connected.

The runners 1 are shown as of the solid type, but it is to be understood that they may also be made of skeleton type. The particular construction of the runners not entering into the present invention, no detail description thereof isgiven.

Attached to and rising from the top of the runners forward of the braces 3 are journal bearings 4 in which are journaled the ends 6U shaft 23 are in alinement and the 'direct' The frame 6, in the structure of Figs. 1

to 4, serves as a support for the explosion engine 9V having its power shaft extending lengthwise of the frame 6 and of the sled carrying the frame 6. The engine 9 is provided with a fly wheel casing 10 and the casing has supporting members 11 on opposite sides carried by the longitudinal bars 7 of the frame 6, which latter is made fast to the shaft 5 near the corresponding ends the bars 7.

The construction of the connections be' tween these parts is very clearly shown in Figs. 8 and 9. Bolted to the fly wheel casing Y at each side is a vertical plate 11a, and each plate as well as the bar` 7 are secured to the shaft 5 by fastening 11b, each member 11 .being bolted to the bar 7. Fastenedto each member 11 is an angle plate 11C, which is also bolted to the opposite ends of cross bar8.

At the other end the frame 6 has brackets 12 secured thereto on opposite sides, and these brackets carry handles 13 ending in handholds 14, the handles13 being connect-- ed together near the handholds by al rod 15 or in any other appropriate manner.

Fast to and forming a cover for the fly wheel casing 10 is an enlargement or cap 16 on one end of a tube 17, the cap 16 being made fast to the fly wheel casing by bolts 18 which pass through the ends of bars 8 and into the fly wheel casing as shown in Fig. 9. The tube 17 extends lengthwise of thesled andV beyond that end of the latter having the cross bar 2. At. the outer end of the tube 17 there is secured a head blocl; 19 in which there is journaled a shaft 2O extending crosswise of the longitudinal aXis of the sled and provided within the head block with a bevel gear wheel"21.V The shaft 2O constitutes a saw arbor and may carrya single saw 22 as shown in the drawings or more than one saw if such be desirable.

Extending through the tube 17 Vand journaled in the head block 19 is atransmission shaft 23 carrying within the head block a. bevel 'gear 2K1 meshing Vwith the bevel gear 21. This shaft 23 is long. enough to reach Vthe vcrank shaft of the engine 9V and is cou'- pled thereto so that the 'engine shaft and the drive of the shaft bythe engine is obtained.

The head block'is made in two'sections,

as shown in Figs. 1, 2 Yand 3,` being divided ofV along a horizontal line intersecting the saw arbor. The sections are bolted together, and

are flanged at the inner end to meet the flanged outer end of the tube 17 to which said sections are bolted. The head block is closed atY the top by a cover and is hollow inside forming a chamber to contain oil thereby providing an oil-tight gear case in which the gears run continuously in an oil bath. p The head block also provides bearings for the saw arbor and the transmission shaft. Carried by the head block 19 is a gage member 25 capable of being adjusted up and down and is held in adjusted positions by a set screw 26. The lower end of the gage member 25 is roundedas indicated at 27, so as to engage and readily travel upon the surface of ice thereby serving as a third runner. Extending across the sled and journaled in those'ends thereof remote from the bar 2 aretwo rock shafts 28 and 29, each carrying a guide blade 30 which may be adjusted lengthwise of the shaft and held in adjusted position by a set screw 31.

Secured to each shaft 28 and 29 is a handle 32 individual thereto and movable over a segment 33 having recesses 3st into and out of which the respective handles may be moved. In this way, one of the guide blades 30 may be made to travel in a groove in the ice to direct the movement of the sled over Y the ice. Y

Instead of using an explosion engine such as the engine 9, an electric motor 35 of any suitable type may be employed as shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. This motor is carried by a hanging support 36 bolted or otherwise secured to the side bars 7 of the frame 6 which. support may forni a permanent part of the frame 6, since it need not beY removed in thev motor by a gasolene is being rapidly rotatedV in the proper direc-4 tion, Vso that on an operator grasping the handholds and drawing the sled toward the operator, which would be toward the left in Fig. 1, and with the saw entering the ice, the latter is cut to a desiredV depth, the whole structurebeing guided the proper blade 30 `entering a cutlalready made.V InV this manner, the saw cuts a groove into the l V ice at the desired distancefroni the previoui'sly madet cutand when the cut being made.

is long enough, it is only necessary to readjust the machine: to form the next adjacent cut at a definite distance from the one just cut. The surface of the ice may therefore be scored or cut nearly or wholly through as the operator may desire and be ultimately divided up into blocks of a chosen size.

When it is desired to move the devices over the ice without cutting, the handle end of the frame 6 is depressed, thus raising the saw end, such position of the parts being shown in full lines in Fig. 3.

When it is desired to cut a groove in the ice, the frame 6 is rocked on its pivot support sufliciently to cause the saw 22 to enter the ice to the desired depth.

These various positions of the saw with respect to the ice are maintained automatically, since the whole structure is a balanced structure because the pivot support of the frame 6 is at the center of gravity of the frame 6 and parts carried thereby lengthwise ofl the machine. Consequently, any forces commonly met with in the operation of the machine would not be liable to disturb the balance and it is not necessary for the opera-tor to control the machine in any other manner than to cause it to follow a straight path.

By mounting the rockable parts of the structure upon an axis transverse of the sled and so related to the sled and to the rockable parts that the latter are supported at the center of gravity lengthwise of said rockable parts, the adjustments for cutting or for transportation are extremely simple and fastening devices of any kind become unnecessary.

By forming the main frame 6 of the rockable parts of the machine to receive either an explosion engine or an electric motor, different vpowerunits become interchangeable and hence no material change is needed in the manufacture of the machine to adapt it to different types of power units.

These features, moreover, lighten the structure so that its control is readily within one-man power.

Although an explosion engine or an electric motor of suflioient power is quite heavy, the arrangement whereby the rockable parts including the motor and thesaw are balanced with both the motor and the saw rocking, the construction is made much simpler than would otherwise. be the case, and a direct drive of themotor and the saw without joints or iexible connections becomes commercially practicable.

The tubular` member 17 with its V expanded end or `cap member 16 serves to protect rotating parts both of the prime mover and of the shaft 23 from contact with and injury by particles of ice thrown off by the saw.

It will be observed that the elongated saw support formed by the parts 16, 17 and 19, is fixed to the frame as well as to the moto-r, and constitutes a continuation of the transmission housing, and thereby forms a connection or support of the motor to the frame.

The handle 18 with the handholds 14 provide for drawing, guiding and rocking the machine. virtually a single handle or lever for all three controls.

W hat is claimed is:

1V. An ice sawing machine comprising runners flxedly connected together, a frame shorter and narrower than the space defined by said runners, means for pivoting said frame to said runners at one end of the frame and near one end of the runners, a power unit carried by the frame and arranged thereon so that its driving shaft extends lengthwise of the frame and runners, a pair of handles rigidly connected to the other end of the frame and joined together and adapted to be used to rock, guide and draw the machine, a longitudinally arranged transmission shaft connected to the driving shaft of the power unit, and a saw arbor geared to the transmission shaft and carrying a saw.

An ice cutting machine, comprising runners, a cross bar rigidly connecting the runners at their inner end, a drop bar or shaft arranged transversely and journaled in the runners in advance of the cross bar, a frame shorter and narrower than the space dened by said runners and rigidly connected at one end t0 said shaft, which constitutes a pivot for said frame, a pair of handles rigidly connected to the other end of said frame and joined together and serving as the means for rocking, guiding and drawing the machine, a power unit carried by the frame and arranged thereon so that its driving shaft extends lengthwise of the frame and runners and is located at the pivotal end 0f the machine, a longitudinally arranged transmission shaft connected to the driving shaft of the power unit, and a saw arbor geared to the transmission shaft and carrying a saw.

3. An ice cutting machine, comprising runners fixedly connected together, a frame arranged above the runners, means for pivotally connecting the frame to the runners, a power unit carried by the frame, a tubular support having its inner or forward end fixed both to the frame and to the motor and serving as a connection of the motor to the frame, a transmission shaft arranged within the said support and connected. directly to the driving shaft of the power unit, and a saw arbor geared to the said transmission shaft and carrying a saw.

4. An ice cutting machine, comprising We know of no machine having runners iixedly connected together, a frame arranged above the same, means for pivotally connecting the frame to the runners, a power unit carried by the frame, a tube having an enlargement or cap at one ent,

Vmeans for rigidly securing said enlargejment or cap both to the frame and to the `allyV connecting the frame to the runners, a

power unit carried 'by the frame and depending within the latter between the runners, said power unitV being arranged lengthwise of the machine with its shaft arranged longitudinally at the pivotal end of the frame, a transmission shaft also arranged Y longitudinally and extending at its Vforward or inner end in advance of the rear end of the runners, means for connecting said transmission shaft to the shaft of the v power unit so that there is a direct drive therefrom, said transmission shaft extending beyond the runners, and a saw Yarbor carrying a saw and directly geared to the other end of the transmission shaft.

6. An ice cutting machine comprising lrunners fixedly connected together, a drop bar or shaft journaled in the runners transversely thereof at one end, a frame rigidly connected at one end to said bar or shaft,

Y a power unit rigidly mounted on said frame and depending within the latter between the runners, said power unit being disposed lengthwise of the machine with its shaft arranged .longitudinally at the pivotal end of the frame, a transmission shaft also arranged longitudinally and extending at its forward or inner end in advance of the rear end of the runners, means for connecting said transmission shaft to the shaft of the power unit so that there is a direct drivef therefrom, said transmission shaft extending at its outer or rear end beyond the run- Y ners, a head block forming a bearing for the outer end of said transmission shaft, a saw'arbor carrying a saw and journaled in the head block and geared tothe outerend of the transmissionshaft, and a tube connected at its outer end to the head block and at its inner end to the power unit and frame contiguous to the pivot point of said frame.

' 7. Anice cutting machine comprising runners fixedly connectedV together, a drop bar or shaft journaled in the runners aiid'jextending-transversely thereof at one end, a frame Irigidlyconnected at one end toV said V105,1- V0r `shaft, Vahanging support secured'to and connecting the side bars of said frame and depending below the same in advance of the connection of said frame to said bar -Y or shaft, an engine rigidly mounted on said frame and depending withinA the latter above said support, said engine being disposed lengthwise of the machine with its shaft arranged longitudinallyat the pivotall end of the frame, said engine being'pro'- vided with a fly wheel casing at the same end, a transmission shaft also Varranged longitudinally and extending at its forward or inner end beyond the -rear end of the runners, means for connecting said trans-V mission shaft tothe shaft of the'engine so that there is a direct drive therefrom, said `transmission shaft extending at its outer end beyond the runners, a saw arbor carryingl a saw and directly gearedto thev outer end of the transmission shaft, ahead block inwhich the saw arbor is journaled, said head blockvalso forming a bearing for the Y outer end of the transmission shaft, and

a tubular member rigidly connected to the head block and having its inner end rigidly connected to the frame and to the fly wheel casing.

8. An ice cutting machine comprising a pair of spaced runners, a cross bar rigidly connected with the runners at'their rear ends, a drop bar or shaft journaled in the runners and connecting theY Vsaine transversely thereof in advance of the cross bar, a frame rigidly connected to said bar or shaft at one end, an engine mounted in'said frame and including a fly wheel 'casing at'V its rear end which is rigidly connected to said Eframe, a hanging support mounted between and connecting the side bars of said Y frame and depending below the engine in advance of the fly wheel casing, a transmission'shaft connected to the engine shaft at its forward or inner end andV having its outer end projecting beyond the runners, a

head block in which the outer end of theA transmission shaft is mounted, a saw arbor carrying a saw and journaled inthe head block, said-saw arbor Vbeing geared to the transmission shaft, and a tubularV member rigidly connected at its outer end to the head block and at its inner end to said V frame and the ily wheel casing contiguous to the pivotal connection of said frame and runners.

9. An ice sawing machine-comprisingrunners, a frame pivoted to'the runners near one end, a power Yunit mounted'lengthwise on therframe with itsdriving shaftarranged longitudinally at thepivotal end of theV frame, means atthe end ofthe frame renriote` from the pivotal end for rockingthe frame about said pivot, avrigid tubularV support carried byand extending from the pivotal end of the frame and participating; in ,the

Y fr rocking movements of the frame, said support projecting beyond the corresponding end of the runners, ice-cutting means carried by the outer end of said support, and direct gear driving connections between the ice-cutting mea-ns and the driving shaft of the power unit, said connections being mounted on and inclosed within said tubular support.

10. An ice sawing machine comprising runners fixedly connected together' at one end, a frame shorter and narrower than the space defined by the runners, a pivot support on the runners for one end of the frame and located adjacent to the connected ends of the runners, handles fast to the other end of the frame for rocking the latter on its pivot support and constituting the manipulating means for moving the machine from place to place and guiding the same, a power unit carried by the frame and extending above and below the frame between the runners and within the space defined by the runners, a tubular support carried by the pivoted end of the frame and projecting therefrom beyond the corresponding end of the runners, ice cutting means carried by the outer end of the tubular support, and driving connections between the cutting means and the power unit carried by said tubular support.

11. A11 ice sawing machine comprising runners, a cross bar fixedly connecting the said runners at one end, a pair of shafts eX- tending through the other ends of the runners and each carrying a groove engaging blade and constituting joining and spacing members for corresponding ends of the runners, a frame of less width than the space between the runners, a bar or shaft journaled in the runners and transversely connecting the same in advance of the cross bar, said frame 'being rigidly connected to said bar or shaft, a power unit mounted on the frame, manipulating devices at that end of the frame remote from its pivoted end, and saw carrying means projecting from the pivoted end of the frame beyond the corresponding end of the runners and provided with direct connections to the power unit to be driven thereby.

12. In an ice-cutting machine, the combination with the sled, a motor and motor frame, of a transmission shaft directly connected to the motor, a saw arbor geared to the outer end of the transmission shaft and carrying a saw, a tubular member inclosing the transmission shaft, and a head block bolted to the cuter end of said tubular member and forming bearings for the said shaft and arbor, said head block being formed in sections and having a hollow chamber constituting an oil-tight gear case in which the gears of said shaft and saw arbor run continuously in an oil bath.

13. In an ice cutting machine, the combination with the sled and motor, of a transmission shaft connected tothe motor, a head block in which the outer end of said shaft -is mounted, and a saw arbor geared to the outer end of the transmission shaft and carrying a saw, said head block forming bearings for the transmission shaft and saw arbor and having an oil-tight gear case for the gears of said shaft and saw arbor, and in which said gears rotate continuously in an oil bath. if

14. In an ice cutting machine, the combination with the sled and motor, of a transmission shaft connected to the motor, a head block in which the outer end of said shaft is mounted, and a saw arbor geared to the outer end of the transmission shaft and carrying a saw, said head block forming bearings for said shaft and arbor and made in two sections divided along a horizontal line intersecting the saw arbor, said sections being bolted together and provided with a hollow chamber to contain oil which constitutes an oil tight gear case in which the gears of said shaft and saw arbor run continuously in an oil bath.

15. 1n an ice cutting machine, the combination with the sled, a motor and motor frame, a transmission shaft connected to the motor, a saw arbor geared to the outer end of the transmission shaft and carrying a saw, a tubular member inclosing the transmission shaft and connected to the motor frame at its inner end, and a head block bolted to the outer end of said tubular member and forming bearings for the said shaft and arbor, said head block being formed in two sections divided horizontally along the line of the saw arbor and having a hollow chamber constituting an oil tight gear case in which the gears of said shaft and saw arbor run continuously in an oil bath.

In testimony, that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aiiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

BYRON B. PHILLIPS.

MALCOLM GIFFORD. Witnesses A. D. HEYL, FRANK H. MoNE.

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